Improved school-desk and seat



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Letters .Patent No. 69,523, dated October 1, 1867 IMPROVED SCHOOL-DESKAND SEAT.

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l'IO ALL WHOM Il MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, D. C. WILSON, of Beaufort, in Beaufort district, andState of South Carolina, have invented a new and useful Improvement inSchool-Desks and Seats; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will. enable othersskilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my improved chair.

Figure 2 is an end view of a combined desk and seat.

Figure -3 is a side view of the same.

Figure 4 is an end view of a desk.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its'object to furnish a strong, simple, andconveni'entmanner of making school-desks and seats; and it consists inIthe construction of their frames, and in the manner in which they aresecured to the door. The desks are made either Vwithout seats attachedto them, as shown in g. 4, or with seats attached to them, as showninfigs; 2 and 3.

.In arranging a school-room, the front row of desks is usually madewithout seats, and the rear row of" desks is provided with chairs, orall the desks may be made without seats attached to them, and may beprovided with chairs. As cheapness combined with strength is a leadingidea in my invention, I generally prefer the construction firstdescribed.

The end frames of the desks and chairs are formed of two lsticks ortimbers A and B, saWn into the proper shape, and framed into each votherin inclined positions, as shown in figs. 1, 2, and 4. The end frames A Bare connected to each other, and held in their proper relative positionby the top boards and book-shelf of the desks,

y and by the seat and back-boards of the chairs. The desks arestrengthened by the inclined braces C, the lower or outer ends of 'whichare secured to the end frames of the desk, `and their upper or innerends to the hookshelf. In the case of the chairs the upper end of thebraces C may be secured to the bottom of the seat, as shown in iig. 1.It wilLbeobserved that the ends of the desks are an open framework. Thisenables the teacher as he passes along the aislesto sce what the scholarhas in his desk. The desks and chairs are secured to the itloor by meansof metallic shoes D attached to the lower ends of the timbers A and B,and made with an extended or flanged base'by meansof which the saidshoes are secured to the floor with screws or nails. The seat supportsare formed by attaching timbers E of the proper length, and at theproper angle to the end frames of the-desks, as shown in fig. 2.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent The school-deskand seat constructed as described, consisting of the ond frames A Bframed into each other, and held in position by means of the top boardand shelf, the seat being formed upon the timbers E secured to thefront-part of the frame A, as herein shown and described.

The above speciicationof my invention signed by me this 2d day of July,1867.

' D. C. WILSON.

Witnesses:

WM. F. MeNAMARA, JAMES T. GRAHAM.

